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I decided to have a day off from sight seeing today, and chill out. I went to the train station to buy my ticket to Moscow which was a very pleasant 25 min walk along the main high street in St P, full of shops, a bit like Oxford St with lots of the same shops, Monsoon, Zara, H&M to name a few. So I arrived armed with all the info I needed and found the ticket office which had about 25 booths. No prob I thought, but it took over an hour of waiting in line before my turn came.
I showed the lady behind the counter the note that the Anna from the hostel had written in Russian, with all the details I needed including;
the train number,
time it was due to leave,
price,
third class sleeper
everything !!!
The woman took a long look looked at me and said "Niet" ....... I replied with a "Oh god, what do I do now" !!
as I had just waited for over an hour I was not going anywhere until I had bought my ticket!! So much gesticulation ensued, but she was having non of it, and just kept on repeating "Niet" all the goddamn time. VERY infuriating. Then a guardian angel came along in the form of a man in his 20's who came from further back in the queue and asked if I needed help translating ....... so finally I bought a different timed ticket that leaves at 2am and arrives at 12midday, its 3rd class and I have a bunk so hopefully I should be fine.
A stroll back to the hostel that included a stop at a pancake shop, then as is customary I got a bit lost and ended up getting the metro back home.
picnic for tea in the hostel and much chilling out until bed time
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
night night
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Joanne
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hello from England
Wow seems like you have crammed in a lot since I last read your messages!! Glad you are enjoying it all. The photos look great! Very lavish!.... except maybe the walls of your hostel haha!!! We are off to see Ella tonight- her mum is cooking us tea!! Looking forward to seeing your pics of Moscow- enjoy your train- you are well accustomed to these overnight trains by now surely! Love from us all here xxxxx